A research group led by Associate Professor Hirokazu Fukidome of Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University in cooperation with Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg(in Germany), Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute and Hirosaki University succeeded in the development precision control in production technique of graphene using micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) technology has created a device structure that reduces nano-steps on the silicon carbide (SiC) substrate. Using this device structure, a new technology that can precisely grow graphene with control over its electronic state and its microscopic distribution of the number of layers was developed, overcoming an obstacle that has hindered the practical application of graphene. The results of this research has materialized technology that controls the number of layers of graphene and can freely manipulate the electronic properties on a nanoscopic scale which will accelerate the implementation of graphene in next generation high reliability electromechanical and optical devices.

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Associate Professor Hirokazu Fukidome

Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University

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